African-American Historical Pioneers in Newton County, Georgia

African-American Community Leaders in front of Washington Street [[#|School]] (1952)

The following is a partial list of African-American historical pioneers in Newton County. please let us know of other persons who have blazed trails for African-Americans in the community:

Timothy K. & Louise Adams Sr.
Richard Ammons (1919-2009) see his Obituary in Covington News
Anthony Avery
Eddie L. Baker
Rev. Toney Baker.
Melvin Baker
Ruth [[#|Banks]]
Jim & Zelma Belcher
Thedois Bell Sr.
Chester Benton
Hezikiah Benton ,Jr.
Mose & Hattie (Ms. Shug) Benton
Ralph & Mlldred Benton
Garfield & Ruby Broughton
Ezell Brown
Josephine B. Brown
T. Brown
Willie Bruno
Rev. James & Corine Brown
Tom Brown
Johnny B & Christine Blackshear
Dale Carter
Jerry Carter
John T. Clack
James R.(Ned) Clark
June Clark
John & Juanita Clay
Robert L. Clements
Harold & Reta Cobb
Toy Quintillous Cobb
Hattie Cody
Willie Davis
Homer (June Bug ) Durden
John Robert Hammonds, Sr.
John Robert (Ricky) Hammonds, Jr.
Marvin & Jannie Bell Hammonds
Robert ("Bob") Hammonds
James Hamm
Willie Gaither
Charlayne Hunter Gault
Lonnie Gleaton
Elizabeth Godfrey
Israel Godfrey
J.P Godfrey Sr.
Bertha Goss
Roger L. Goodman
Janet Goodman
Louise Grier
Emanuel & Maude Lee Grimes
Ocie Franklin
Norris Freeman
Malcom & Nellie Iola Hardeman
Sarah Francis Hardeman
James Hamn
Claudia Hardwick
Bishop Cornelius L. Henderson (Grace United Methodist Church) Covington ,Ga.
Dempsey Henderson
Edward Henderson
Emma Henderson
Emerson Henderson
Frank Henderson
Gus and Mary Alice Henderson
Isaacs Henderson, Sr.
J. C. Henderson
Jonathan Henderson
Ned Henderson
Thurman Henderson
Willie Henderson
Jesse Hendrix
Louise Hendrix
Garland Hillman
Olivia Howard
George E. & Arthur Mae Jefferson
Addie Johnson
Fredrich Johnson
Horace & Lottie Johnson, Sr.
Horace Johnson, Jr.
John Paul Johnson
P.D. Johnson. [[#|Schoolteacher]] at old Washington Street School.
Richard Johnson ,Jr
Henry Thomas Johnson
Mildred Wright Joiner
James (Spoony) Jones
Ike Lackey
Minnie(Louise) Hendrix Lackey
Lester Lackey, Sr.
Lester Lackey, Jr.
Wavey & Thelma Lackey
Christine Leslie
Clara M. Lett
Fred & Carolyn Lewis
Florida Lightfoot
Joseph Lightfoot
Arleshia Little. See: Covington News profile
Eddie Lee and Ora Maddox
George Washington (Judge) Marks
Homer Marks
Joe Lewis McKibben
Roger Vaughn McKibben
Arbie (Newt) Mcknight
Carl Mcknight Sr.
Charlie (Fatman) Mcknight
Henry Mitchell
Nathaniel H. & Ruby Mitchell
Annette Nash
Lucious Nelson
Frank Nolley
Flemmie Pitts
Richard H. Pointer
Calvin Randall
W. J. Reid
Jake Reed
Troy Robinson. See Obituary.
Rev. John H. Russell
Stockey Sanford
Elizabeth Hendrix Sawyer
Forrest (Preacher) Sawyer, Sr.
Forrest Sawyer, Jr.
Archie Shepherd
Anthony Shy
Greg Shy
Ernest Simmons
Homer Nelson
Thomas (Tom) Sims
Lester & Ruth Smith
Smith ,Willie J.
Arlena Starr
Robert L. Stewart
Zelma Hillman Stewart
Rev. John Foster Stone
Ossie Lee Hamm Stone
Sarah L. Stone. Schoolteacher.
Ariel Young Sullivan
Ebbie & Sarah Syphoe
Willie G. Tigner, Sr.
Charlie Tinsley
Eddie J. Tomlinson
Carolyn Tuggle
Evelyn Tuggle
Joseph Tuggle, Sr.
Almond Turner
Elmer (Hutt) Usher
Walter Usher
Glenn Weaver (Deacon)
Otis & Mamie Weaver
Hugh White
Charles Wilborn
Phillip Wise
Hawnethia Mitchell Williams
Emogene Williams
Sarah Francis Mitchell Wise
Rev. A.C. Wright
Henry James (Jimmy) Wright lll
John H. Wright
Mary Eva Wright
Dan & Grace Young

Please [[#|contact us]] if you have information to share about other African-American pioneers in the community.

For more information about the African-American Historical Association of Newton County, or to share information about the county's African-American history, please contact the association president Mr. Forrest Sawyer, Jr. (770) 788-0792. forrestsawyer1@gmail.com